Government Decree No 187 / 2025 Coll.
Government regulations on technical requirements and other specifications for certain weapons, ammunition and shooting range, and for weapons and ammunition security
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GOVERNMENT REGULATION
of 4 June 2025
on technical requirements and other specifications for certain weapons, ammunition and shooting range and for weapons and ammunition security
The Government orders the implementation of § 6 (2), § 61 (3), § 83 (6), § 84 (4), § 86 (5), § 93 (2), § 94 (1) (b), § 95 (1), § 96 (2) and (3), § 111 (1) (b) and § 113 (2) of Act No. 90 / 2024 Coll., on weapons and ammunition (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"):
INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
This Regulation implements the relevant provisions of the European Union( 1), building on the directly applicable provisions of the European Union( 2), and provides for
(a) technical requirements for the manufacturing of weapons of category PO or NO in order to exclude their possibility of adapting them to weapons subject to registration;
(b) technical and organisational delineation of the shooting sites, the operation of which may be authorised without the submission of comments from the Regional Health Centre;
(c) technical requirements for steel boxes and cabinets, special equipment, box and chamber vaults, rooms and separate objects intended for the storage and locking of weapons;
(d) technical requirements for a method of securing not more than 2 weapons of category R2, R3 or R4 or ammunition of category S2 or S3 in a number of not more than 1 000 rounds in short-term storage in a vehicle;
(e) mandatory elements of the project of other means of securing weapons or ammunition;
(f) means of identification of the weapon and other means of individual identification of the weapon of specific historical value;
(g) a model of the control degradation mark, the verifying degradation marks of the Czech Office for the Testing of Weapons and Ammo and the Ministry of Defence and the certificate of the Impaired Weapons,
(h) technical requirements for non-irreversible treatment of weapons in the event of weapons degradation not covered by the directly applicable European Union2) laying down technical specifications for the degradation of firearms;
(i) the technical requirements for non-refundable modification of the weapon in the event of the manufacture of the cutting of the weapon;
(j) technical requirements for delaboration, degradation, cutting and destruction of ammunition;
(k) technical requirements for the handling of active components of ammunition;
(l) the limit quantities of active components of ammunition pursuant to § 96 (3) and § 111 (1) (b) of the Act; and
(m) the organisational and technical conditions for the security of weapons or ammunition during transport.
INDUSTRY CARRIAGE OF CATEGORY FOR OR NO
(To implement § 6 (2) of the Act)
Production of single-shot or two-shot firearms charged individually for the use of split ammunition
The production of a single or two-shot firearms charged individually for the use of a split ammunition, unless it is a weapon subject to registration, shall comply with the following technical requirements:
(a) the cartridge chamber must not permit the charge, lock or detonation of a single cartridge with a single or multiple bullet; and
(b) all essential parts of a single or two-shot firearms charged individually for the use of a split ammunition shall be such that they cannot be installed or used as main parts of weapons subject to registration.
Technical specifications for alarm and signalling weapons
A device which is an alarm and signalling weapon, which is legally classified in the PO category, shall comply with the technical specifications set out in Annex 1 to this Regulation.
Gas weapon production
The production of a gas weapon, which is legally included in the PO or NO category, shall comply with the following technical requirements:
(a) the main part of the gas weapon shall be constructed and constructed in such a way as to prevent its modification to a firearm;
(b) the dimensions of the chamber of charge of the gas weapon shall permit the use of only such ammunition for which the weapon is designed; and
(c) all essential parts of a gas weapon shall be such that they cannot be installed or used as essential parts of the weapons subject to registration.
Production of non-lethal fire or gas-based incapacitating device
(1) Unless otherwise specified, the manufacturing process of a non-lethal incapacitating device based on the principle of a firearm or gas weapon, which is legally included in the PO category, shall comply with the requirements of the non-lethal incapacitating device based on the principle of:
(a) firearms to a similar extent to the technical requirements set out in Section 2; and
(b) gas weapons to a similar extent the technical requirements laid down in Section 4.
(2) A non-lethal incapacitating device based on the principle of a firearm or gas weapon shall be so designed that:
(a) allow only the removal of a substance or device or carrier of such a substance or device for the purpose of temporarily incapacitating a person or animal; and
(b) under normal conditions, even if the method of use prescribed by the manufacturer is not complied with, it shall not directly endanger life or cause more serious harm to the person or animal against whom it is used.
(3) The substance or equipment referred to in paragraph 2 may be part of a uniform assembly of ammunition for a non-lethal incapacitating device based on the principle of firearms or gas weapons.
Expansion apparatus manufacturing
The production of an expansion apparatus, which is legally included in category NO, shall be designed and constructed in such a way as to allow only the use of the expansion apparatus for the declared industrial or technical purpose or for slaughter of animals.
Production of paintball, airsoft and similar weapons
(1) The construction of a paintball, airsoft or similar weapon may be based solely on the principle of a gas weapon.
(2) The production of paintball, airsoft and similar weapons, which are legally included in category NO, must, to a similar extent, meet the technical requirements set out in Section 4.
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(To implement Article 61 (3) of the Act)
(1) Without the submission of comments from the Regional Health Station pursuant to § 61 (2) (d) of the Law of the Regional Directorate of the Police of the Czech Republic (hereinafter referred to as "the Police"), it shall issue a permit to operate a shooting range for firearms, with the exception of specially effective firearms, unless:
(a) it is a firing range for gas weapons or gas-based weapons;
b) shooting of firearms with a more effective calibre than 22 Long Rifle is not permitted in the shooting range, and they go simultaneously to the shooting range
1. covered, if its space is sufficiently soundproofed to the external environment and parts of the building which are not a shooting range, while avoiding the transmission of vibrations caused by the shooting of parts of the building which are not a shooting range; or
2. open, if the smallest direct distance of the shooting range from the protected outdoor area or the protected outdoor area of the building is at least 500 m under the Public Health Protection Act in any direction;
(c) fire from firearms shall be allowed on the range only by using a gunshot silencer or from shooting stations equipped with equipment specially designed to reduce the noise of the gunshot from the weapon to at least the same extent as when using the silencer; and
1. it is permitted to use only subsonic ammunition; or
2. the smallest direct distance between the shooting range and the protected outdoor area or the protected outdoor area of the construction according to the Public Health Protection Act in any direction is at least 500 m; or
(d) the smallest direct distance of the shooting range from the protected outdoor area or the protected outdoor area of the construction according to the Public Health Protection Act in any direction is at least 2000 m.
(2) Without the submission of comments from the Regional Health Centre pursuant to § 61 (2) (d) of the Act, permission may also be granted to operate a shooting range where the shooting range is located in a protection zone under a building law or in a place with similar protection conditions under another legislation, provided that the protection zone or protection conditions have been established to protect the surrounding area from the negative effects of the construction or equipment, the protection zone or protection conditions of which it protects the surrounding area, are higher than the noise of the shooting on that range.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAINING AND TRAINING IN A SHORT-TERM LEVEL
(To implement § 83 (6) of the Act)
Application of technical standards
The technical requirements set out in this Part shall be deemed to be satisfied if the technical standard or component of the technical standard referred to in another legislative act (3) (hereinafter referred to as the technical standard) referred to in this Regulation is complied with; those requirements may also be met by other technical solutions guaranteeing the same or higher level of compliance with the relevant technical requirements than those resulting from the technical standard.
Technical requirements for steel boxes and cabinets, special equipment, box and chamber vaults and for their locking
(1) A lockable steel box or a lockable steel box shall be technically fit for the purpose of securing stored weapons and ammunition if:
(a) meet the requirements of resistance to burglary of at least 15 resistance units; the technical standard ČSN EN 1143-1 or ČSN EN 14450 + A1 shall be used mutatis mutandis in determining resistance to burglary; and
(b) they are equipped with at least one high-security lock against unauthorised opening in Class A or higher class according to technical standard EN 1300.
(2) The lockable box safe is technically fit for the purpose of securing stored weapons and ammunition if it complies with the requirements for classification of box safes of minimum safety class I according to technical standard ČSN EN 1143-1.
(3) The chamber vault is technically fit for the purpose of securing stored weapons and ammunition if it complies with the requirements for classification of safe doors and chamber vaults of minimum safety class I according to technical standard ČSN EN 1143-1.
(1) Special equipment for the security of stored weapons and ammunition is technically competent for the purpose of the security of stored weapons and ammunition if it takes the form of:
(a) expenditure which satisfies the conditions referred to in paragraph 2;
(b) showcases, interpreters or glass counters which satisfy conditions similar to those laid down in (a); or
(c) a locked device which is inseparably anchored to a wall, ceiling or floor made of bricks, concrete panels or similar building material and which is equipped with a high-security lock classified in Class A or higher in accordance with technical standard ČSN EN 1300.
(2) The window has an all-steel frame firmly built into the building wall and is equipped with
(a) glass of a window fitted with a security foil against penetration with a resistance of at least 250 J or a glass similarly resistant to penetration and extrusion from the frame;
(b) a fixed steel grate with bars having a minimum cross-section area of 75 mm2 and a bar axis distance of not more than 130 mm, the joints of which are welded or riveted; or
(c) sliding, tilting or walling steel bars or shutters meeting the requirements of the 3rd safety class according to technical standard ČSN EN 1627.
Technical requirements for rooms and separate objects and for their locking
(1) A locked room or a separate object shall be considered technically suitable for the purpose of securing the stored weapons and ammunition,
(a) which are equipped with safe doors which meet the requirements for the qualification of safety class I safe doors and chamber safes according to technical standard ČSN EN 1143-1 or safety doors which meet the requirements of the 5th safety class according to technical standard ČSN EN 1627;
(b) which have walls, ceilings and floors with a minimum thickness
1. 300 mm if they are made of bricks or, where appropriate, of limestone blocks or poroconcrete blocks; or
2.150 mm if made of concrete panels or similar building material; and
(c) whose windows, skylights, chimneys, fans, shafts and other holes of dimensions greater than 150 mm x 150 mm are secured in accordance with paragraph 2.
(2) Windows, skylights, chimneys, ventilation holes, shafts and other similar openings in rooms and separate objects intended for the storage of weapons and ammunition shall be provided with fixed steel bars with bars of solid circular cross-section material of a diameter of not less than 10 mm, or of solid non-circular cross-section with a length of at least 10 mm, the cross-section area being at least 75 mm2. The distance between the axes of the two adjacent bars of the grates according to the first sentence, as well as between the outer rod and the inner edge of the hole, may be not more than 130 mm, the joints of the bars being welded or riveted. The anchorage of the grate shall be carried out by means of anchors with a pitch of not more than 750 mm and placed in the masonry at a depth of not less than 150 mm. For the protection of windows, skylights, chimneys, ventilation holes, shafts or other openings according to the first sentence, a sliding, tilting or rolling steel grate or roller shutter meeting the requirements of the 3rd safety class according to technical standard ČSN EN 1627 may also be used.
(3) From the second above-ground floor, if it is not possible to easily penetrate the roof or by means of lightning pipes, gutters, parapets, other building elements, terrain inequalities, trees or other structures, a window with a fully steel window frame firmly integrated into the wall of the building with glass, which is equipped with a security film against penetration with a resistance of at least 250 J, or a glass similarly resistant to penetration and extrusion from the frame or other security meeting the requirements of the 3rd safety class according to the technical standard CSN EN 1627 may be used to secure locked rooms and separate objects.
Technical requirements for the method of securing the weapon or ammunition in short-term storage in the vehicle
(1) For a short-term storage of not more than 2 weapons of category R2, R3 or R4 or S2 or S3 ammunition of not more than 1 000 rounds in a vehicle not exceeding 4 hours, the security shall be carried out by locking the weapon or ammunition in a lockable plastic or metal case or a similar container which is neither visible from the outside of the vehicle nor partially visible and attached to the vehicle bodywork; It shall not be possible to open or separate the trunk or container from the bodywork without the use of workshop tools.
(2) The weapon or ammunition which, pursuant to paragraph 1, is secured during their short-term storage in the vehicle may only be placed in that part of the vehicle which is protected by a closed solid metal bodywork; The windows and other similar openings of the vehicle shall be fully closed and the vehicle shall be locked in a standard manner.
(3) The weapon secured during short-term storage in the vehicle shall not be in a charged state and the ammunition shall be stored separately from the weapon.
OBLIGATIONS OF THE PROJECT OF OTHER SECURITISATION OR SIGNIFICITY PROJECT
(To implement § 84 (4) of the Act)
(1) The project of other means of securing weapons or ammunition shall include:
(a) the location and description of the specific area where the weapons or ammunition are to be otherwise secured;
(b) the definition of the weapons and ammunition to be secured by other means and the maximum quantity for which this other means of security is implemented;
(c) the definition of the reason and purpose of any other means of securing arms or ammunition;
(d) a description of any other means of securing arms or ammunition, including the indication of any essential parameters of the technical means of security used and the organisational, personnel and, where appropriate, other measures to ensure the protection of weapons and ammunition; and
(e) other essential facts affecting the level and duration of protection of secured weapons or ammunition against misuse, loss or theft.
(2) In the event that the weapons or ammunition are otherwise secured in an establishment or premises, the project of another means of security shall include, in addition to the elements referred to in paragraph 1:
(a) an operational need which justifies other means of securing arms or ammunition;
(b) the manner in which arms or ammunition are handled within an establishment or operating site, including a description of the possible circulation of weapons or ammunition in the operational activities; and
(c) in the case of security at the premises
1. a detailed situation plan of the operational area indicating the specific premises and distribution routes concerned by other means of security, and
2. a list of all entities engaged in business or other continuous activities within the operational area and an indication of their relationship with the person providing the arms or ammunition by other means.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR IDENTIFICATION DATA
(To implement § 86 (5) of the Act)
(1) The firearm must bear on each main part data in accordance with the technical specifications set out in Annex 2 to this Regulation.
(2) A gas weapon shall be marked on at least one main part in a similar manner to a firearm.
(3) In the case of a weapon of specific historical value, by way of derogation from paragraph 1 or 2, the marking of the weapon may be ensured by indicating any appropriate data enabling its individual identification to:
(a) a label of solid material attached to the weapon; or
(b) any part of the weapon, the technical specifications set out in Annex 2 to this Regulation shall apply mutatis mutandis for such marking.
CHECKING DEROGATION MARK, VERIFICATION DEROGATION MARK AND CERTIFICATE OF DEROGED BRANCH
(To implement § 93 (2) of the Act)
(1) The model of the control degradation mark is set out in Annex 3 to this Regulation.
(2) The models of the verification degradation marks are set out in Annex 4 to this Regulation.
(3) The model certificate of impaired firearms covered by the directly applicable European Union regulation laying down technical specifications for the degradation of firearms (4) is set out in Annex 5 (A.) to this Regulation.
(4) The models of certificates of impaired firearms not covered by the directly applicable European Union regulation laying down technical specifications for the degradation of firearms (4) are set out in Annex No 5, points B. and C. to this Regulation.
(5) The certificate of invalidated firearm must be printed on a paper bearing protective features against falsification.
REIMBURSEMENT OF WEAPONS NOT RELATED TO DIRECTLY APPLICABLE REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, AND RECURRENCE OF REVENUE
[To implement § 94 (1) (b) and § 95 (1) of the Act]
Technical requirements for weapons degradation not covered by the directly applicable European Union regulation
(1) In the event of the destruction of a weapon not covered by a directly applicable European Union regulation laying down technical specifications for the degradation of firearms (4), a permanent and irremovable manner shall be carried out:
(a) the interlocking of parts of the weapon and the mechanisms for firing and ensuring that they cannot be separated;
(b) blinding mainly in the chamber by inserting a steel pin with the length and diameter of the chamber; the steel pin shall be firmly connected to the main weld throughout the perimeter,
(c) measures to guide the part of the corkscrew along its whole length
1. holes having a diameter of the calibre drilled perpendicular to the axis of the barrel and passing through its wall; the first hole is drilled immediately before the cartridge chamber and other holes are drilled so that the centres of the holes are not more distant than 6 calibre; for a calibre of more than 12,7 mm, holes with a diameter of a quarter of a calibre are drilled, but at least always 12,7 mm; the last hole is drilled at a distance of not more than 6 calibrations from the mouth of the main; or
2. by cutting with a width of a quarter of the calibre, at least 3 mm in the case of calibre not exceeding 12,7 mm or 5 mm in the case of calibre above 12,7 mm, parallel to the centre axis; The incision begins immediately before the cartridge chamber and ends at a distance of not more than 6 calibrations from the mouth of the barrel; and
(d) removal of the firing pin and the firearm and, where the weapon is equipped with another type of initiation mechanism, their permanent incapacitation shall be carried out, in particular by removing or blinding the access of the initiation mechanism to the chamber space.
(2) In the event of the destruction of a weapon, they shall be provided with:
(a) Finally, the head of the end must be serrated at an angle of 45 ° and, if this is not possible, the fuse hole must be drilled to the diameter of at least a quarter of the caliber and then blinded by a weld,
(b) the revolver cylinder of the wall between the hub chambers of the revolver cylinder removed, at least up to half its length; and
(c) the container must be permanently secured against removal from the damaged weapon or container shaft.
(3) In the case of a weapon not covered by the directly applicable European Union regulation laying down technical specifications for the degradation of firearms (4), the separate main component may be invalidated in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2, to the extent that it relates to that essential part. At the same time, the welding blindness or removal of at least 1 other essential design element must be performed so that the main part cannot be used in the weapon.
(4) In the case of a weapon which is part of a collection registered in the central register of collections under the Law on the Protection of Collections of a Museum Nature, or which is a cultural monument entered in the Central List of Cultural Monuments of the Czech Republic under the Act on State Monument Care, the depreciation may be carried out in a manner which corresponds to the cultural value of such a weapon. In such a case, the Regional Directorate of Police shall determine the specific method of degradation in the authorisation of irreversible modification of the weapon.
Making a gun cut
(1) The manufacture of the cutting of a weapon or the main part of a weapon shall be carried out by:
(a) the main chamber of the cartridge, the chamber of the cartridge, the main chamber of the cartridge, or the chamber of the cartridge, shall have an adjustment to the wall of the chamber by creating a longitudinal hole of a width of the calibre which reveals at least two thirds of the length of the chamber of the cartridge;
(b) the guide part of the drill shall have a longitudinal hole of the width of the calibre and at least a third of the overall length of the barrel in the wall, at least part of the hole being made immediately before the cartridge chamber; an adjustment must be made in the rest of the length of the barrel to ensure that, when attempting to shoot a bullet, it does not leave the barrel, as in the case of deterioration or insertion of a steel rod of at least 6 calibre in the barrel and by welding it at both ends,
(c) the tip of the firing pin or fuse shall be so shortened as not to protrude from the front of the end in the front position; If this is not feasible, the firing pin shall be removed and the fuse hole blinded by weld;
(d) the frame of the weapon, the cap, the body of the weapon or the bed of the weapon shall be partially removed in such a way that the device of the tensioning, trigger, drum, return and locking mechanism is visibly exposed; and
(e) they can be moved and dismantled by essential parts and arms mechanisms.
(2) In the case of a weapon with a conclusion, the following shall be added:
(a) an end adjusted on one side by a longitudinal opening of half the length of the end and a width of a quarter of the height or diameter of the end, at least partially uncovering the locking or braking mechanism, if fitted; These requirements shall apply mutatis mutandis to the holder of the brackets and to the brackets, in particular the locking or braking mechanism shall be exposed in sufficient length; and
(b) the case of the end is treated on one side with a longitudinal opening of half the length of the cap and a width of a quarter of the height or diameter of the cap.
(3) In the case of a gun with a container, the container shall be adjusted by a longitudinal opening on the side and rear of a quarter of the length of the container and a width of one fifth of the width of the container.
(4) In addition, for revolver-cylinder weapons, half of the number of adjacent hub chambers of the revolver cylinder shall be blinded by the insertion of a steel pin with the length and diameter of the cartridge chamber firmly connected to the cylinder weld and the other half of the number of cartridge chambers by a longitudinal groove of two thirds of the length of the cylinder and a width equal to the diameter of the chamber in the direction of the barrel of the cylinder; In the case of an odd number of cartridge chambers, 3 cartridge chambers of the revolver cylinder are blinded and the remaining cartridge chambers are treated with a longitudinal groove.
(5) Paragraphs 1 to 4 shall apply mutatis mutandis when making a cut of a separate main part of a weapon.
Demilitarisation of arms under the international treaty regime
(1) In case of destruction or manufacture of cuts of weapons covered by an international treaty, which is part of the rule of law and which regulates disarmament (5), demilitarisation shall be carried out by treatment of the exhibit.
(2) When adjusting the weapon to the exhibit,
(a) its barrel and cap shall be filled with concrete or polymer resin, from the tip of the cap up to three quarters of the total length of the barrel; or
(b) the steel stoppers of a minimum length of 2 calibre are placed firmly in its chamber.
Non-standard weapons destruction and cutting
If the technical requirements set out in paragraphs 17 to 19 cannot be applied in the course of its degradation or the manufacture of the cutting of a weapon due to a different design, the Regional Directorate of Police shall determine the requirements for the degradation or manufacture of the cutting of such a weapon in the authorisation of irreversible modification of the weapon. The technical requirements set out in paragraphs 17 to 19 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
DELABORATION, DEROGATION, CURRENCE OF THE RIGHTS AND DEROGATION OF THE MULTIVITY AND IMPLEMENTATION WITH ACTIVE COMPOUNDS
[To implement Article 96 (2) and (3) and Article 111 (1) (b) of the Law]
Technical requirements for delaboration, degradation, cutting and destruction of ammunition
(1) When delaborating, degrading, cutting and destruction of ammunition, all active charges must be removed from the ammunition and, if not possible, disposed of by such permanent numbness as to prevent their initiation.
(2) In the event that the removal of all active charges from the missile is not possible, the projectile containing the active charge shall be replaced by an inert missile or its dimensional equivalent when the ammunition is degraded or cut.
(3) Delaborations, degradation, cutting and destruction of ammunition must be carried out in such a place that there is no risk of life, health, property or public order in relation to such activities, and the person who decolves, degrades, manufactures or destroys the ammunition must use adequate personal protective equipment, at all times at least for the protection of vision.
Maintenance of active components of ammunition
(1) Active components of the ammunition must be kept in the manufacturer's sealed original packaging and in such a way that it cannot occur
(a) burning or initiating an active component of the ammunition by causing fire, sparks or heat greater than that permitted by the manufacturer of the active component of the ammunition;
(b) the initiation by mechanical action of the active component of the ammunition, such as impact, impact or fall; and
(c) direct threat to the life or health of persons by pressure or seismic wave, shrapnel or heat action in the event of burning or initiating an active component of ammunition at the site of its possession.
(2) The active components of the ammunition must be kept dry and separate from the slightly flammable or easily flammable substances and articles. Each type of active components of ammunition must be stored separately from other types of active components so that their chain initiation cannot occur.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Government Decree No. 187 / 2025 Coll., on technical requirements and other specifications for certain weapons, ammunition and shooting range and for weapons and ammunition security |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 18.06.2025 |
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| Effective from | 01.01.2026 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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